Re: Magnetic Rectifier??

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Original poster: "Vivek Babtiwale by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dr_vek-at-yahoo-dot-com>

If you go to www.uspto.gov and install Alternatiff.exe
you can view the original Magnetic diode patent by
Tesla.  Patenet number 413353.

>>Terry has all Tesla's patents in PDF too:
http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/OtherPapers/TeslaPatents/us000413353.pdf
http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/OtherPapers/TeslaPatents/
<<

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--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "Darren Freeman by way of Terry
> Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <free0076-at-flinders.edu.au>
> 
> At 06:03 AM 24/02/2002, you wrote:
> >Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz by
> way of Terry Fritz 
> ><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br>
> >
> >Tesla list wrote:
> > >
> > > Original poster: "Vivek Babtiwale by way of
> Terry Fritz
> ><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dr_vek-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> > >
> > > Have any of you ever built a magnetic rectifier?
> > >
> > > http://geoffegel.tripod-dot-com/rect.htm
> > >
>
http://www.users.bigpond-dot-com/artoworld/magntrect.html
> > >
> > > Would one of these work for rectifying the 500KV
> > > output of a tesla coil?
> >
> >I didn't see the patent, but judging from these
> sites, no chance of
> >working at any frequency. It's pure nonsense.
> 
> Yeah, judging from the sites it doesn't look like it
> should work.
> 
> But I _have_ thought about it for 5 minutes and I
> think it should be 
> possible to build something a bit like a rectifier
> as the site says using a 
> saturable core inductor and a DC bias field through
> the core. If the core 
> is kept close to saturation, then one half-cycle of
> AC should see a much 
> higher inductance than the other, so although the
> reverse current is 
> significant, it should demonstrate some
> rectification. Although the applied 
> voltage wouldn't be a sinewave and I haven't modeled
> the circuit. I have a 
> feeling it does work, though.
> 
> If interested, check out the "magnetic amplifier"
> with a Google search.
> 
> >Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz
> 
> 
> Have fun,
> Darren Freeman
> 
> 
> 


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